Hollywood Heads To New York For Fashion Week

Queen Latifah and Liza Minnelli attend the PAPER Magazine & HP 25th Anniversary Gala at The New York Public Library on September 8, 2009 in New York City

Myriad Hollywood powerhouses showed up for New York’s Fashion Week. Checking out the latest designer visions for next spring and summer were: Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, Amanda Bynes, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Iman, Ciara, Gwen Stafani, Holly Robinson Peete, Liza Minelli, Heather Tom, Queen Latifah and more.

Daytime Emmy Winners and Fashion Wrap Up

There really wasn’t a best and worst dressed for this year’s Daytime Emmys but the event was one to be remembered none the less. The show, hosted by Vanessa Williams and shown on the CW, has received mixed reviews, but the awards themselves were well deserved.  Here is a complete list of winners, along with some of the most notable fashions of the night.

General Hospital's Julie Marie Berman in a Versace Gown

DRAMA SERIES
“The Bold and the Beautiful”

ACTOR
Christian LeBlanc, “Young and the Restless”

One Life To Live's Susan Haskell in a Giovanni Gown

ACTRESS
Susan Haskell, “One Life to Live”

SUPPORTING ACTOR
(Tie)
Jeff Branson, “Guiding Light”
Vincent Irizarry, “All My Children”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tamara Braun, “Days of Our Lives”

YOUNGER ACTOR
Darin Brooks, “Days of Our Lives”

YOUNGER ACTRESS
Julie Berman, “General Hospital”

DAYTIME DRAMA DIRECTING
“One Life to Live”

DAYTIME DRAMA WRITING
“General Hospital”

TALK SHOW (INFORMATIVE)
“The Tyra Banks Show”

TALK SHOW (ENTERTAINMENT)
“Rachael Ray”

TALK SHOW HOST
Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Whoopi Goldberg, Sherri Shepherd, Barbara Walters, “The View”

Bold & The Beautiful's Ashley Jones wearing a $79 gown from H&M

GAME SHOW
“Cash Cab”

GAME SHOW HOST
Meredith Vieira, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”

MORNING PROGRAM
“Good Morning America”

For a full list of winners of the creative emmys, click here: Emmy Winners

To View More Full Emmy Fashions: Emmy Fashions

Susan Lucci announced as one of the presenters for the Daytime Emmy Awards

Presenters for the “36th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards” have been announced. The ceremony will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Aug. 30 on the CW network. Vanessa Williams is the host. There will be a one hour Red Carpet Pre-show right before the ceremony, hosted by Lara Spenser and Kevin Fraiser.

The presenters include: Kristin Alderson (“One Life to Live”), Bradford Anderson (“General Hospital”), Tyra Banks (“The Tyra Banks Show”), Brandon Buddy (“One Life to Live”), Patrick Duffy (“The Bold and the Beautiful”),Melissa Claire Egan (“All My Children”), Colin Eggelsfield (“Melrose Place”), Jennie Garth (“90210”) and Anthony Geary (“General Hospital”).

Other presenters include Van Hansis (“As the World Turns”), Elizabeth Hendrickson (“The Young and the Restless”), Bindi Irwin (“Bindi the Jungle Girl”), Jay Kenneth Johnson (“Days of Our Lives”), Katherine Kelly Lang (“The Bold and the Beautiful”), Lori Loughlin (“Melrose Place”),Susan Lucci (“All My Children”), Gilles Marini (“Dancing with the Stars”), Kyle Massey (“That’s So Raven”) and Chris Massey (“Zoey 101”).

And finally there is Cameron Mathison (“All My Children”), Dr. Phil McGraw (“Dr. Phil”), Billy Miller (“The Young and the Restless”), Ronn Moss (“The Bold & the Beautiful”), Robert Newman (“Guiding Light”), Sandra Oh (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Rachael Ray (“The Rachael Ray Show”), James Scott (“Days of Our Lives”), Jake Silbermann (“As The World Turns”), Kirsten Storms (“General Hospital”), Dr. Travis Stork (“The Doctors”), Alex Trebek (“Jeopardy”), Betty White, Montel Williams and Kim Zimmer (“Guiding Light”).

Request For Aretha Franklin’s Inaugural Hat

The calls began to flood Luke Song’s hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Franklin, who wore a gray felt custom-designed hat from Mr. Song Millinery, has inadvertently caused an economic boom for the South Korean immigrant’s store.

Song said he wasn’t prepared for the hundreds of calls requesting the hat with a Swarovski rhinestone-bordered bow.

“We even have a lot of men calling to get it for their wives, mothers and grandmothers,” Song said.

The hat worn by the “Queen of Soul” was hand-molded and would cost upward of $500 — if it were for sale, the 36-year-old designer said. Customers instead were offered a satin ribbon version for $179.

“They want the same hat, but they understand it’s for the ‘Queen’ only,” he said. “Ninety-nine percent said, ‘That’s fine. I’ll get the next best thing.'”

The family millinery has been in Detroit for about 25 years, and Franklin has been a customer for about 20 of those years. The store also sells to about 500 boutiques across the country.

“We always make hats for her for high-profile events, so for us, the inauguration really was no big deal,” Song told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The design for Franklin’s hat came from two different hats at the store.

“She walked through the shop and said ‘I want that bow (put) on that hat,'” he said. “She had the coat already, but she needed the hat to set it off.”
For Info on Ms. Franklin’s hat: mr song millinery
source: AP Article

Request For Aretha Franklin’s Inaugural Hat

The calls began to flood Luke Song’s hat shop not long after Aretha Franklin finished belting out “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

Franklin, who wore a gray felt custom-designed hat from Mr. Song Millinery, has inadvertently caused an economic boom for the South Korean immigrant’s store.

Song said he wasn’t prepared for the hundreds of calls requesting the hat with a Swarovski rhinestone-bordered bow.

“We even have a lot of men calling to get it for their wives, mothers and grandmothers,” Song said.

The hat worn by the “Queen of Soul” was hand-molded and would cost upward of $500 — if it were for sale, the 36-year-old designer said. Customers instead were offered a satin ribbon version for $179.

“They want the same hat, but they understand it’s for the ‘Queen’ only,” he said. “Ninety-nine percent said, ‘That’s fine. I’ll get the next best thing.'”

The family millinery has been in Detroit for about 25 years, and Franklin has been a customer for about 20 of those years. The store also sells to about 500 boutiques across the country.

“We always make hats for her for high-profile events, so for us, the inauguration really was no big deal,” Song told The Associated Press on Thursday.

The design for Franklin’s hat came from two different hats at the store.

“She walked through the shop and said ‘I want that bow (put) on that hat,'” he said. “She had the coat already, but she needed the hat to set it off.”
For Info on Ms. Franklin’s hat: mr song millinery
source: AP Article

Dress Registry.com Lauched

It’s a fashion horror that haunts women everywhere — stepping confidently through the door at a special event only to spy across the room a woman wearing…the exact same thing.

And none are immune. First Lady Laura Bush appeared at the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors in 2006 clad in the same red Oscar de la Renta gown as three other women.

Finally, there is a remedy — http://www.DressRegistry.com. Created by Andrew Jones, the Dress Registry site enables women to record a variety of details about the gown they’re planning to wear to events ranging from charity balls to weddings to high school proms. For a look at the site: DRESSREGISTRY.COM

“What a brilliant website!” says famed dress designer Kay Unger, who created the dress worn to the Democratic National Convention by Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Elect Joe Biden. “You never have to worry about being caught in the same dress as someone else ever again.”

Media outlets from The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times to foreign press from France and China have raced to learn more about the newly released site, as have so many others. DressRegistry.com has logged more than 2.25 million hits from over 60,000 unique visitors in the first nine days of 2009.

“Originality continues to be valued by women everywhere,” said Jones, who lives on the east coast of Florida just north of West Palm Beach. “I’m happy to be able to help women in preserving it, and also greatly appreciative that all I have to do is put on a tux.”

Beyond its practical purposes for balls, charity events and weddings, the Dress Registry also helps exercise a bit of lifestyle voyeurism — giving us a peek at other’s wardrobes.

SOURCE: Business Wire